Tire.



PATENTED NOV. 19, 1907.

W. D. BAKER.

TIRE.

APPLICATION FILED IULY16. 1906.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

No. 871,159. PATENTED NOV. 19, 1907.

I W. D. BAKER.

v TIRE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 16. 1906.

2 SHEET8-SHEET 2.

PAT NTQFFIG winrnnor n. BAKER, OF BRocK ron'a-M ssAenUsErr'rs,

TIFE- An libatibi; med liily'lfis ecification of Letters Patent.

f-Pgtentertlll'ovl 19,1907. 1 06. Serial Ne. 326.421.

of'the United States, residing at ':Brockton,' m=tl1ecounty of Plymouth and jorwliitii thefollewingisre-sFecification.

" .Ion itudmalsectionel view'thereof'3ise 'tein new and emp- S rite; of .Messechusetts, .haye 1nvented' cer-' -usefnl Improvements in Tires,

fi-giiwfillfiiq zbnt p fi s 96 i new and s iulqim rovements 1n resilient tires for (vjehieleefsnchas ,a u'toinobiles', snlkies'; motorit 'eiollowing description end t @nym 'dtw n slm hmh: F- gnre -1: ;is; a, *perspeetive view i oyements bffmy invention; Fig; 2-:is amdeteil 'igeirspective yiew of'one of: the felt: sec

miensrview through thetire, the sction-fbehown elevatipn and, F g- 5 s 1a.. trans:-

: iterseisectloneliviewthrough one ofthetine; M A

' I --pos e,'t l;1e sect1ons beingj im regnate or sections., l,.j

,1 "V in t .glltthe views off'theldrawings by the. sam

iiig'tagken about centrelly end' the eorebein'g 4 ending" arts iere referred, to inthe following-descriptionand indicated iefiehgecharacters, j

; ring-like seotio'nS '1' offfelt injal comparatively i h x compress. sectioiis -being' ,ferinedj withFe base enlarge il-"condition; each of said nieiit'2 provid ng le teral lul gs 3 designed to-be I 3 dmcuretefiteaeh section prefere.bly tapers the 'rim- 4. t he. felt.'sections 1 ere arranged w th their faces abutting, end

t' .complete the circle-of the tire to form. an

froth"its butler-side to the baseenleir ement 2. hile m invention comprehen s the so:

fl curingw-of t e section to {the rimineny desired-manner, in the present instance, the. se-.

curing-meens'-1s'ernbodied in a. sectional rim rovided with a detachable lip section 5. As

ill n-itreted in Figs. 1' and 5, the detachable the two sections in sliding engagement and 6 extend transverselyfrom one lip section of the ri nto ,the other and preferably through the base enlargements of the sections 1 of the t ire, whereby to clenc'h the two lips ofthe ri n hold the tire securely in lace onflthe wheel -rubber, s inserted within'the openingof each "felt. section and extends v circni'nferentiallyof v tliereof. t I I 8 designates tie-wireswhieh, in the present instance; are: three in imi'mber, located at equidistant. points as shown and embedded in th'eisections; The tie wiresare secured. together at their ends by means of comparaing and tightening meansl In'leclditionto xsecuredigtogether by" hetving theirabutting .feices coated with cement 'or-similer ad- 'hesive' substance While the felt I itself, will constitute ediuabletread. I desireit'to be envelop of 'leather or any other material, as

' The felt"secti onsrnay be waterepro'ofedfif desired'by; anysubstance' :iuitable for this ur- 'c oa;ted",flpreferably the letter,. J the'weterproofing; .1 U, 1 I As a. means for obtaining access toflthe turn-buekles 9that are employed for tightening tire may be cut-away at theoints where :theturn-bfickls occ ir, oblong locks ll ,be-g ing removed irom. two adjacent sections so that a' wrenchor other tool may be applied to the turn-buckles.

havegbeen tightenedthe'se blocks may be replaced and cemented or'stitched. As' two adj acent ring'seetions' l-are cut away to provide the openings fort the exposiire-of the as they would be if one section were to be entirely cut through.

Having thus described the invention; what is claimed as new is; 1

sections, each f which is brovided w th a base enlargement producing; .retainin ".lu'gs adapted for reception in the run of a; W eel, a.

limiting their sliding movement. Stay bolts the tire throughout the eoniplete" circle v l i 1' 17) I understoo -l' thatmy invention also includes the covering of the felt sections with min After the Jtie ,wiresifl';

1. A resilient ti-re constructed in i portions of the seetionsendbolts 6 retaining securely around the lugs?) of the sections'l to g A core'7., preferably or comparatively soft l tiv'ely thin'tuin buckles 9 or similar clamp he tie wires 8 the sections: are preferably.

thetie -wires 8, sundry sections -1. of the turn-buckles, th sections are not weakened A rubber core threaded through seid sections,-

' tie wires also threaded 'throughfseidsections and adapted to secure said sections together,

, a Wheelrim cons'trueted in Sections mounted ections of the rim together a d to as ist-,1 Q d gthetire sections in the 2. A resilient tire constructed in ring like' sections, a; rubber c ore threaded through said sections, and tie Wires also threaded" through said sections, the ends of said tie wires being joined together, and said sections being formed at the "joins with re eesses adapted to expose the said joins of the tie wires anli "see ined in; seid i'e- 2l1 f ee'sses and adapted tovsoverthe'seid; joins! 3Q A'Ie'silient tireTeonstruted "in ring-like,

seetions,;ir1ibber core threaded throngh'sgid sections; tiQWiI' J G threaded h g 25f lbined fi'W adjacent-sections atthe sections, the ends. of said JfiGgWlIfG S ,being' joinso'f-salid tie' wires beingrcntiaway' to ex vEose said joins, end blooksr-e'depted toibe eld in said 1 cut awa portions and designed to close saidjeut sway portions over the joins, as andjfo'r. the P11 o'se set, forthi--j ln-testimonywhereof affix v my signa t1rre in presence of, t'v' o itnessesa NT'HROIQ ,D, BAKER. .1 Nitnessesd v v *SmoN F. BoNDRo, WALTER" KnITH. 4 

